| Comment | On every boiler I've encountered, the thermostat connection is literally a 2-core cable. The thermostat closes a contact and shorts out the circuit to turn the heating on. (So you could replace it with a simple switch if that was all you needed)
With Hive, you've got a unit that connects to the boiler this way, so you could just remove your existing thermostat and put that in its place. It then links wirelessly to the master hub (that connects to your router via CAT5) and the actual thermostat (with the temp sensing bit and display) is another wireless unit that you can put wherever you like.
Most people will be capable of swapping two wires over, make sure the boiler is off at the mains before doing it. |
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